As her opponent continued to reel from one of the worst weeks of his campaign, Hillary Clinton touched down in Denver, Colorado, boosted by new polls that put her well ahead of her opponent in November’s US presidential election.
After a rocky primary season and shaky start to the general election, Mrs Clinton is having a great moment, largely thanks to her opponent.
Two polls this week, from Fox and CNN, have shown Mrs Clinton ahead of Mr Trump nationally by 10 and 9 points respectively.
In the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, a survey from Franklin and Marshall now shows Mrs Clinton ahead by 11 points.
And in Michigan, a Detroit News poll shows Mrs Clinton leading Mr Trump 41 per cent to 32 per cent, with 60 per cent of the state’s voters saying they do not think the New York businessman is qualified to be president.
In swing states, her campaign had just begun airing new ads pillorying Donald Trump for manufacturing Trump ties in China and other products overseas. In Denver, Mrs Clinton happened to pull up to a place called Knotty Tie Co, a local small business that was founded by a US military veteran, employs refugees, and, yes, makes its ties in America.
“I really would like [Trump] to explain why he paid Chinese workers to make Trump ties … instead of deciding to make those ties right here in Colorado,” Mrs Clinton told Knotty Tie’s two-dozen employees, as they nodded along in the background. “If he wants to make America great again, he should start by making things in America. And there’s a lot he could learn by coming here.”
Mrs Clinton’s rise in the polls comes partially thanks to Mr Trump’s own mis-steps which have dominated the news coverage, distracting from a rash of firings at the Democratic National Committee, which has been plagued by accusations of bias in the wake of an email leak, and from Mrs Clinton’s own weaknesses as a candidate
